How to use your iPhone as a microphone on your Mac (or PC) for recording your voice



UPDATE: If you can’t find “iOS Device Browser” you may have a newer version of MacOS. Look for your iPhone in the list of Audio Devices of the main “Audio Midi Setup” window. There should be a button to enable it there. Here’s a link if you get lost:

This is a short tutorial on how to use the mic on your iPhone as a somewhat professional sounding microphone on MacOS. Windows users will need to use a 3.5mm cable to route the sound from the…

41 thoughts on “How to use your iPhone as a microphone on your Mac (or PC) for recording your voice

  1. I would need someone to explain why we can’t use iPhone as a USB mic for PC while using JUST the USB and not the AUX/headphone jack… I refuse to believe that it’s impossible to do so without using the headphone jack nor connecting the phone via Bluetooth or WiFi….
    I’m in the predicament that my PC only has one headphone jack for both input and output and I want to have a way to both use iPhone as mic via USB and use headphones as well….

  2. Hi, I have had no success with this app on my PC Windows 10. I purchase the app for th bluetooth facility after not being able to feed in via the cable & Line Input on my computer (no idea why that does not work .. the PC cannot see a mic in the Line Input). But neither did the blue tooth work… my PC simply does not see it!! Any help would be appreciated but I'm gaining the feeling this is an all iSO facility (as demonstrated). I even tried a lightning cable to USB connection to the PC with no connection seen / made. I would really love this to work.

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